Normal microscopic architecture of acetabular labrum of hip joint: a qualitative original study with clinical aspects.

Background: Normal histologic architecture of acetabular labrum, regarding presence of Free Nerve Endings (FNEs) and Nerve End Organs (NEOs) has been four times described. Nevertheless, elderly cadaveric specimens and individuals were recruited, leading to considerably high unreliability probability due to microscopic degenerative alterations. Aim of this paper is to analyze distribution pattern of FNEs and NEOs in acetabular labra of healthy middle-aged individuals, configuring thus more reliably acetabular labrum microscopic profile.

Acetabular labrum of hip joint in osteoarthritis: A qualitative original study and short review of the literature.

Purpose: Histological architecture of normal acetabular labrum regarding free nerve endings (FNEs) and mechanoreceptors (MRs) has been satisfactorily described in the literature. However, the presence of FNEs and MRs in acetabular labrum of hip joint has been analyzed only once in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Aim of this article is to report histological distribution pattern of FNEs and MRs in acetabular labrum of patients with severe OA, at the same time conducting a comparison with normal acetabular labrum described in the literature.

Ganglionectomy without repairing the bursal defect: long-term results in a series of 124 wrist ganglia.

Background: Some surgeons consider the abscission of a part of the articular bursa around the point of the input of ganglion's nape (average 1-2 cm diameter) to be very important with excellent results. However, a literature search revealed disagreement as to whether it is essential to repair a bursa defect. This study examined the effectiveness of this method without repairing the articular defect.

Unusual intramuscular lipoma of deltoid muscle.

Lipomas are common soft tissue tumors usually located under the skin. Nevertheless, intramuscular lipomas of deltoid muscle are unusual tumors. We present a case of 74-year-old woman with an intramuscular like clepsydra lipoma of deltoid muscle.

Fractures of the femoral neck treated with hemiarthroplasty. A comparative study.

Introduction: Hemiarthroplasty is the treatment of choice in the management of displaced intracapsular fractures of the proximal femur in old patients with low functional demands.

Aim: To assess the effectiveness of cementless Austin-Moore and the cemented Thompson prostheses used in the treatment of displaced intracapsular fractures of the proximal femur.

Patients And Methods: We studied retrospectively 376 patients with fresh, displaced, nonpathological femur neck fractures.

Long-term results of Mitchell's procedure for hallux valgus deformity: a 5- to 20-year followup in 204 cases.

Background: There are limited studies on the long term outcome of Mitchell's osteotomy for hallux valgus deformity. We present the long term results of 204 cases.

Materials And Methods: Postoperative clinical and radiological evaluation with a mean follow up of 12.

Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using the polyester ABC ligament scaffold: a minimum follow-up of four years.

We carried out a prospective study of 71 patients who had undergone reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament with the ABC scaffold. Their mean age was 28 years (18 to 50). All had either sub-acute or chronic traumatic deficiency of the ligament.

Coracoclavicular joint degeneration, an unusual cause of painful shoulder: a case report.

A case of painful shoulder in a 42-year old right-hand dominant Caucasian female due to degeneration of the coracoclavicular joint is described. The pain was aggravated by weight lifting. The diagnosis was confirmed radiographically with simple plain films and clinically by the injection of local anaesthetic (xylocaine 2%) that lead to the exclusion of any other concomitant pathology of the acromioclavicular joint and the anterior subacromial space.

Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in synovial fluid, tissue samples, bone marrow aspirate and peripheral blood.

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis accounts for approximately 10% of tuberculous infections; the musculoskeletal system is involved in a small number of these (10%). Skeletal tuberculosis is an indolent disease, and diagnosis may be delayed. Conventional methods are time consuming and have a low sensitivity rate.